BAFTA
AWARDS held on 20 May. (the following courtesy of Colin Smythe)HOGFATHER won the INTERACTIVITY category

(the definition of which is "A programme or series that has been extended
and enriched by the interactivity offered by new media. Any form of new
media is eligible including web, mobile and red button interactive TV, or
any cross-platform combination. The emphasis is on the creative approach
and how the programme has been conceived with new media as an integral
part of the production.")

*Nominated for Royal Television Society (RTS) for Drama Serial, but sadly
didn’t win

*We have received nominations for the BAFTA Craft awards [held on 22
April], the technical awards for the crew, and we have two, not
surprisingly, Gavin Finney our Director of Photography is nominated for
the Photography and Lighting Category, [he was a runner-up to David
Katznelson for his work on "Shoot the Messenger" (BBC)] and the CGI team
from MPC, Oliver Money and Simon Thomas for the visual effects category
[which they won]

Discworld Jamboree - Press ReleaseThe Discworld Jamboree 2007 now has its own new and very shiny website
with all the details anyone could need – the when, where, what, how much
and who, though possibly not the why. Any interested Discworld fan now
need only go to:
www.discworldjamboree.com/

Better still, there is now a Members' Area which displays the Rules of the
Ankh-Morpork & District Scouting Association (Unaffiliated) and the Oath,
together with the Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork
Federation of Scouts (in the chair, Captain Carrot).

To access this area you have to have to have joined up to attend the
Jamboree, or have purchased our rather splendid 'scouters' goodie bag. If
you have done all of these things then mail
discworldjamboree@gmail.com
to receive the appropriate password.

These have been posted at the request of the Chief Scout himself, so that
those attending the Jamboree will fully understand the aims of the A-M
Scouting Movement, the importance of personal hygiene (especially while
under canvas), and what size battle axe is acceptable in a camping
environment.

Members will need a username and password for access to this area which
can be obtained by emailing:

The Discworld Jamboree 2007 will be held on a field in Wincanton,
Somerset, between 3 and 5 August 2007. Amongst other attractions it will
feature the Witch Trials and a Gang Show. It will be attended by the Chief
Scout, Mr Terry Pratchett, ably supported by Mr Stephen Briggs and Mr
Colin Smythe.

In creating the Jamboree website, we are indebted to the Chief Scout, Mr
Terry Pratchett, and to Black Widow Web Design

Many
thanks to Terry Pratchett's agent, Colin Smythe, for the information
below:

For those who have not yet heard, the 2008 Discworld convention will be
taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, on 22-25 August.
The hotel is at the National Exhibition Centre, which is a ten minute free
shuttle from the airport and railway station

Sky One sent this out dated 20th April:
"Last night, Sky One's epic adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, won
the Visual Effects category at the BAFTA's prestigious Craft and
Television Awards ceremony in London. It was awarded the gong for its use
of groundbreaking digital wizardry, which spectacularly brought the
extraordinary tale to life on the big screen.
"The lavish tale's win is the latest achievement for the amazing Sky One
production. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather broke all existing audience
records when broadcast over the Christmas period last year, becoming the
most watched non-terrestrial series of all time."

(Hogfather had been nominated for two awards: Gavin Finney the Director of
Photography was nominated for the Photography and Lighting Category, and
the CGI team from MPC, Oliver Money and Simon Thomas for the visual
effects.)

As to other Hogfather awards: I received an email from Ian Sharples at MOB
Films, in which he wrote
"On the awards and such like, the run down is
*Winners of the Broadcast Press Guild, Best Multi Channel Programme award
*Nominated for Royal Television Society (RTS) for Drama Serial, but sadly
didn’t win"

We've just
been informed that the Hogfather DVD, due for general release in April,
can now be ordered from Amazon UK. If you want to beat the rush and be the
first to have it delivered to your doorstep, please click
here.

There is also a Limited Edition version. Recommended retail price is £27.99, but you can order it at
£20.99 at the time of writing!

Our links pages have always been popular and they're
even more so now, with the addition of relevant YouTube videos in many of
the categories. These serve no other purpose than to make browsing for
other sites a bit of fun!!

You've read the book, you've seen the film....now buy the props!
Yep, that's right, genuine film props from the recent Hogfather movie have
made it onto ebay, courtesy of Bernard 'The Stout' Pearson, a.k.a. The
Cunning Artificer.

As these will all be one-offs from a very unique part of Discworld
history, I would expect them to fetch good money now, and even more in the
future! Even if you're not in the market to buy such pieces, they're well
worth a look, just to see what they fetch! Here's the link again....click
here.

The first retrospective exhibition of science fiction artist Josh
Kirby. Born in Liverpool in 1928 and trained at Liverpool School of Art he
began his career producing film posters, moving to book and cover art for
magazines. Some of his more famous work includes the first cover of Ian
Fleming’s Moonraker and the poster for Monty Python’s Life of Brian and he
is best known for his cover illustrations of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
series.

6th December 2006 Discworld News
From Colin Smythe:Wossname's Special Hogfather Bulletin has drawn my attention to
the programme on SKY1 next Sunday (10 December) at 8.00pm called "The
Making of Hogfather - The Whole Hog", which I'd not known was being
televised then. Extracts have been used to make some of the
videos on Sky's Hogfather website.

There are twelve short items being added to it, starting 5th December -
The Twelve Days of Hogswatch - These will be available from Sky television
channels by pressing the red button and selecting 'Welcome to Hogswatch',
from the website and from I-Tunes, My-Space and You-Tube.

Founded in 2003, Collectors' Gifts has sold a
wide range of figurines over the years, including Clarecraft Terry Pratchett
Discworld, Robert Harrop Camberwick Green, Beano & Dandy and Doggie People, Cow
Parade, Fairies, Wizards, Piggin, Guitar Mania, Painted Ponies. Most sales are
by mail order and now come from our ebay store.